Coin controlled amusement machine



Feb. 2, 1932. M. woLlN ET AL COIN CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT MACHINE FiledAug. 30, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l IVENTOR-S -J 7.,- 4: J

BY W ATroRNEYs.

Feb. 2, 1932. M. woLlN ET AL COIN CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT MACHINE FiledAug. 30, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY 5% ATToRNEYs.

Feb. 2, 1932. M. woLlN ET AL COIN CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT MACHINE FiledAug. 30, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 /fze Patented Feb. 2, 1932 UNITE STATES,ATELNT OFFICE MARK WQLIN, or BnooKLYN, NEW Yonx, ,AND NIGHQLAS I.BIBSM, or sTRoUDsBUBe, ;PENNSYLVNLA COIN CONTROLLD AMUSEMENT `IHKCHNEOriginal application filed September 15, 1927, Serial No.'219,850.'Divided and'tiis applieat'ion'filed August 80, 1928. VSerial No.392,914.

This invention relates to amusement niachines and contemplates theprovision of a device for playing `a game, the outcome of said gamebeing dependent upon'the dexter- '5 ity and skill of the pnrchaser. Ifdesi'recl, .a

suitable reward for za successful player may be 'deliverecl to him inany pract'icable manner, preferably as herein shown, by automaticdevices 'connected With'the machine.

A further object 'of the invefntion is to construct an iinp'roveclniechan'ism by means of which the skill ancl dexterity 'of a user may beutilized for the playing of a game, =or to obtain a suitable reward.

Other objects of this invention Will in part be obvious .and in partherei'n'after pointed out.

Certain features herein shown and (lescribed, are shown and clescribeti'bu-t not -claiincd in our co-pendinzg application Serial No. 219,850,lilecl September 15th, 19.27, of which the present application isaclivision.

The invent'ion .accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations 'of elements, and arrangement lof part-s which Will heex'emplified in the `'construction hereinafter clescribcd, l:and 'ofwhich the-scope of application will Vbe ind-icated in thefollowingcl-aims.

.n Athe aceompanying -drawi'ngs, in which is shown 'one'of the variouspossible illnstrative em'bodirnent-s of this invention,

Figi. 1 is 'a fnontel'eyational viewof the improved device embodying ourinyentiaon;

Fi'g. '2 is a rear elev-atiflonal view thereof, =the back 'of themachine having been remoyeel to show 'the Operating mechanism in theposition norm'a'lly maintained by the ;apparatus before va'ctuation Fig.3 is a horizontal sectional 'view Vtaken on the line 3-3'of Fig. 2;

Fi 4 is a Vertical sectional View, taken 'on the line 4-4 of Fig.2,'a'nd show-lpg the 'coin chute 'and'cofifn vtrip relations;

Fig'. 5 is a Vertical sectional View, 'takenon the line 5---5 of Fig. 2,iillnstrating 'the fpreferred 'construction of the l.game ball 'net-einingl means, anrl the :return chnte provided 'for .said ball;

Fig'. 6 a 'Ventical sectionzrl view of the device, taken online 6-6 ofFig. 2, showing the manner 'of assembling the Ameans controllerl by 'thepui'chaser in'the dexterity test hereinbefore mentioned; and

Fig. 7 is a Vertical sectional View, taken on the line77 ofFig: 2, inwhich the menner ef associating' the ball carrier with its runway isdisclosed.

The improved machine includes a game or ainnsem'ent'fleyice, theoperation of which vinvolnesthe nse, byt-'he player, of his dexter-ityor skill. Snccess in :said'game may, if .so desi'recl, he -rewarded inany suitable manner.

More particularly, the deposit of a coin in the machine releases asuitable ball, which thereafte-r ;is vstarted 'by the player along anuncertain path. By inanipnlation of mechanism prcwidecl;for1 thatPurpose, the player, if `vsuflicie-ntly skillful, may interoept saidball ,and rli-vertit yfrom its normal graYitat-ional I, (course. zIf heis successful 1n lnterceptlng the ball, he may then cause it to operatcother n'iecltaaiism aviheneby .a souvenir, prenium or free sample asdesirecl, is deliver-ed ,to the .Ii-layer, or, if pneferred, a .scoremay be indicateel.

Inv the particular practica'l embodiment .of -onr-invention,il'l-ustrated on the .chawing the panel 1,0 carriesfallthe operativeelements efthe amuseinent and dispensing ,device to i be clesc-ribed.The panel 10 consists of a frame V12,-in the .front `face ll .of.Wh-ichis mounterl the Vtrarispareat window 16. This window discloses toView the play board. `.18

,which ane mlulted the sevenal `visible .'elementszof thegameoramgusementdevice. The -back of said 'boanl cannies as ,hereinafter;devserizbefl, the various anechanisms .by means of which saidamnsexnent device is .actuated. entie panel lt), carrying ,its;associated mechanisms, may :be provided with hingc meansO, whereby thevdfjevfiee may ;be mounted to be swung toveaznciend away from (a,suitable support, with 'respect to which it may vbe finedzbylmeains-ofthe lockavhereby unauthoried tamperin g .With v the niechan-.ism or WithAthe :coins 'or the like, {leposited fi-n the machine, is preveated.

Generally described, a fcoin orchcck C, ;de-

-posi-ted :in the coin `reeeiving .and lreiecting imo means 211, if ofthe proper Character, will pass down the coin guide 26, to trip the ballgate 28 through an appropriate mechanism, to release ball'30. Ball 30,when released, passes down ball guide 36to fall into the ball carriage38 of the ball elevator 40. Now, hand wheel 112 is turned counterclockwise (see Fig. 1), whereupon the carriage 38 will be raised todeposit the ball on runway 50.

The hall 30' will then roll down the runway 50 to appear in View of theoperator at the front face of the apparatus. The ball, according toparticular circumstances of impact, etc., will now course down theinclines 52 to fall through the hazard 5+1. The operator, during thisperiod, retains his hold upon the hand wheel 42 which, through anappropriate linkage, controls the horizontal position of a cup Theoperator guides cup 5G and tries to catch the hall as it falls 'throughhazard 54. If unsuccessful, the ball falls down upon the grade- 58 toroll out the ball return 60 and against ball gate 28. If the ball iscaught, the operator releases his hold on hand wheel 42 and the parts ofthe apparatus, due to their weight, return to their normal postion. Theball 30 rolls out of cup 56, down the trip chute 62 to be stopped bygate 28.

Coins C, are guided into the coin retaining incline 64 into contact withthe coin gate 66, held in locked position by the lock pawl 68. VJhenball 30 passes down trip 'chute 62, the pawl 68 is momentarily released,whereupon a discharge of coin or coins from incline 64 through gate 66and discharge Outlet 70 takes place.

The detailed construction of this embodiment of the invention shown inthese drawings is hereinafter described. The panel 10 may be made up inany well known manner to receive the board 184 and the window 16. Saidwindow is spaced from board 18 by frame 12 and retained in contact withsaid frame by means of the exterior ornamental woodwork 72. Suita-bleshock and weatherproofing strips 74 may be mounted between window 16,frame 12 and ornamental Woodwork 72.

The coin receiving chute member 24 comprises a face plate 76 'in whichare provided suitable means of any well known Character to fasten saidmember upon a support with which said panel is associated. Said member24 is so associated with the support that, when the panel is secured bylock 22, the discharge end 78 will be aligned with the open upper end ofcoin guide 26.

Slot 80 may he proportioned to prevent the adniission of'coins ofgreater diameter or thickness thanof some particular value. If a propercoin has been deposited, it will roll till stopped by projection 114 andfall through opening 116 into coin guide 26.

Coin guide 26 is made up of any suitable material, as, for instance,sheet metal, hent to provide a member 118 of rectangular crosssection inthe upper end of which is seated the hopper 120 aligned with the opening116.

Near the lower end of member 118 and in the rear surface 122 thereof, aslot 1241- is pro- Vided through which the inturned prong 126 at one endof the pivoted arin 128 projects. Said arm, which is mounted on abearing post 130 fixed to the rear side of board 18 has its other endconnected by link 132 with ball gate 28.

Ball gate 28 consists of a weighted body portion 1341 having an inturnedfinger 136 projecting through a slot 138, forrned in the wall 140 of theball guide 36. One end of said gate is provided with suitable meanswhereby the gate may be mounted upon the fixed bearing post 1112securely mounted on the rear side of board 18, while the other end ofsaid gate normally rests upon the stop 14-1, afxed to or made integralwith said ball guide 86. The lower edge of finger 136, when gate 28 isin its normal position, is maintained spaced from the inclined fioor 146of ball'g'uide 36 a sufcient dist-ance to restrain ball 30 from rollingdown the floor 1116 to ball carriage 38. Howevcr, a coin falling downcoin guide 2G will have sufiicient energy in its impact upon the prong126 to lift, through the arm 128 and link 132, the gate 28 from stopP14: and permit ,ball 30 to roll down floor '146 into carriage 38.

Coin C, after impacting prong 126, rolls partly out of coin guide 26 andthrough the chute 198 into the coin retaining incline 64, down which itwill roll into contact withthe coin gate 66, or, if other coins havealready been deposited, in line therewith. If incline 6-1 has beenfilled to capacity7 eXcess coins deposited will roll over the upper edge200 of said incline int-o a. coin safe 202 carried by said panel. Theincline may be made in any suitable manner, as by ra-ise-d Shoulders 201on the board 18. Further operation of the apparatus requires theoperator to rotate the handwheel 42 in a. counter-clockwise direction.Said hand wheel is afiixed to the projecting end of a shaft 152rot-atably supported by the bearing bracket 154i mounted on the rearside of ornamental Woodwork 72 through which shaft 152 project-s. Theinner end of shaft has afiixed thereto one end of crank arm 156. Theother end of said Crank arin is connected by means of the link 158 withthe pivoted bar 160.

In the end of bar 160 removed from pivot 162 is formed the longitudinalslot 206 in which is slidably received the pivot post 208 fixed to therear face of carriage 38. Said carriaffe is formed of a channel piece210 presenting the projecting flanges 212 and 214, which flanges arewider than the Vertical slot or opening 216 formed in the ball elevator40, between the flanges 215, 217 thereof. A plate 218 secured to thefront face of said channel piece is of suflicient width to be received,in opening 216, while a second plate 220 secrred to plate 218 is of agreater width than said opening. It will thus be noted that a guide forcarriage 28 is forined by the rear surface of channel piece 210 and thesecond plate 220 spaced therefrom by plate 218. Securely position'ed onthe bottom surface of fiange 214 is the finger 222 projecting throughopening 216. VVhen in normal, lowered position, ball 30 falling downball guide 36 will be stopped by finger 222 and supported therebv.

i Upon rotating handwheel 42, bar 160 will raise carria 38, the lattercarrying ball 3 therewith. VVhen the carriage has almost reached theupper limit of its travel, ball will fall through an opening in the wallof elevator 40, said opening' registering with the runway 50.

At the upper and lower ends of the elcvator 40, the stop cushions 224,made of any suitable shock absorbing material. be pro vided, theprojecting flanges 212, 21-".1contacting with said cushions at the limtsof travel of carriage 38. It should he noted here that the eifortexerted by the operator ou the hand wheel 42 contributes to the impetusgiven ball 30 in its travel down runwau` 50 and its subscquentmovernents, due to the shock of contact with the upper cushion 224. Alsothe ball, when riding in carriage 38 is not exactly centralized therein.but rices an edge of the finqer 222 and against a wall of the elevator.This last feature results in an initial sidcwise blow being given theball. Therefore, a part of the test of skill herein described is tojudge the impact of the carriage 38 against cushion 224 necessary inrelation to the proper position for the parts hereinaftcr described.

Rnnway 50 may be made of sheet metal or similar material. forined topresent a channel cross-section and secured to board 18 in any suitablemanner. At the end of runway 50 defined by the 'wall 226, a perforation228 throughboard 18 provides communication hetwecn said runway and theupper ends of inclines 52.

Mounted on board 18. at the front thereof. and within Chamber 230 formedbetween said board and panel 16 are the elements of the dexteritytesting device which the operator must necessarily see. Secured to board18 in said recess and with the middle point thereof in line with theVertical axis of the perforation 228 is the upper slope 232 of inclines52, said slope being symmetrical with respect to said axis ofperfor'ation 228. The outer edges 234 of said slope are spaced from theinner wall of recess 230 so that ball 30 may fall 'upon either of thelower slopes 236, according to which side of slope 232 it had previouslyselected.

In order' to provide against the possibility that, due to some slightde'fect in construc-` tion, the ball would always take the same i yetnot having the same cross-section on all* aXes.

The slopes 236 terminate inwardly of the edges 234, providing theopening 238 through which ball 30 falls to 'take its indctcrminatocourse through tne hazard 54. Said hazard may comprise a number of rowsof pins 240 mounted in staggered relation upon the floor of recess 230and projecting approximately horizontally therefrom.

Each row of pins is considerably longer than the distance between theends of slopes 236 to lessen the possibility of ball 30 passing aroundthe hazard. If desired, intermediate pins 241 restricting thepossibility of such escape of ball 30 from the bounds of the hazard, maybe provided.

Positioned immediately below hazard 54 is a fantastic ligurc 242, hereshown as a girl holding up her apron as if to catch a fallin;i` object.In fact said figure in part forms the front wall of cup 58 which has anopen rear end for a purpose hereinafter appearing. Said cup is carriedby suitable supports in the form of a hraclret arm 244 afiixed at oneend to said cup body and extending through the horizontal slot 246through board 18 to have its other end secured to the cross-head 248.Cross-head 248 is provided with inwardly projecting lugs| 250 which, byopeningel therethrough are slidably mounted on the guide rod 252. Theupper end of said cross-head may be formed with the downturned tongue254, providing a groove 256 receivable over the guide rod 258. Said rodsare secured to board 18 in any suitable manner, as for instance, by thebrackets 253, 355, for holding said rods parallel to each other. Mountedapproximately in the center of said cross-head is the bearing post 260upon which is pivotall;7 mounted one end of link 262. The other end ofsaid link has pivot connection with an arm 264 fixed on bar 160 andcxtending therefrom at a point intermediate bearing post 164 and slot206.

After the carriage 38 has carried ball 30 up to the top of elevator 40,the operator, by manipulating control hand wheel 42, may adjust theposition of cup 56 through the medium of arm 264, link 262, andcross-head 248 so that said cup will be statiored any point below hazard54 at which the operator judges the ball 30 will emerge. If the operatoris suiiicientl;l dexterous and skillful, the movement of cup 56 may loemade to follow accurately the horizontal deviations lof 'said imo balluntil it falls into said cup. Said ball will be retained in said cup bythe front wall of recess 230. However, if the operator now releases hishold on hand wheel 42, the weight of bar 160 and its associated partswill tend to return the apparatus to its normal position, that is, withcarriage 38 at the bottoin of elerator 10 and the cup 56 at the extremeleft of its travel across the front of panel 10. ln this position, theopen side of cup 56 will register with the perforation 260 formedthrough board 18. Ball 30 will now roll out of cup 56, throughperforation 206 to fall down the trip chute 62 on the rear side of board18 with which the pcrforation has coinm'iinication.

`V``iid trip chutc and ball. guide 30 niay, if dcsircdy bc made of onepiece of sheet terial, properly forme-d te provide the chiitc as: aincn'iler of channel c Y i with suitable means for attachnicnt to board18. slot 208 is fornicd through a side wall of trip chute A finger 270pivo'tcd on the bearing post 272 fixed to board 18 extends through saidslot and into close proxiniitj',Y to the ball ;rate finger 130.l'ntegral with and forming an extension from finger 270 the weighted arm2M which normally rcsts upon the stop 276 ailixc to board 18.Opcratively connected to ti 270, by a linl; 280 pivoted intermed te theweigrhted arm 27% is l 'nie Crank 282 carried by a shaft 28% extending'through board 18 below rccess 230 and supported by a plate mounted onsaid board. The outcr end of shaft 284 carries the pawl G8 adap'cd toact in conjunction with extended prongs 290 on the coin gate.

Said in gate is a wheel carried on shaft lno'untcd in said board 18forined with a number of suitably arc-sha} ed recesses 294 in thecircunlfcrences thereof. The intersections of the arcs may all bedefined by the prengs 200, or some of said may be olnitted` as at 288,for a purpose l.V inafter appearing.

In normal po ition, the fiat face 290 of the pawl 08 will lieinaintainml in position by the weightcd arm 274 to contact a pronf' 290.lVhcn coins are arranged in the c retuining incline 041, the weightthereof v maintain a pron; 290 ir ;ontact with said iif face 290. lVhenball 30 falls down trip cl' U2, however. it will impact finger 270suiliciently to lift vre1 itcd arm 271 and rotatc shaft 284: throughlink 280 and ci'ar-. 28 to move the flat face 290 nminentarily out ofengafzen'icnt with the contactinev prong 290. The weight of the coinswill drive the wheel .292 around, dischargingr coins down the chite 298to the discharge outiet for-med through the ornaluental *zvoodwoili 'T2until the flat face 290 of pawl 280, which has almost instantaneouslybeen returned to stop position through the action of weighted arin 274and the action of prong 290 against the nose 297 of said pawl 68contacts with the next extended prong 290. The flow of coins todischarge Outlet 70 will then be cut off.

Ball 30, after passing finger 270, falls upon the locr 1116 of the ballguide 36 and rolls into contact with the norinally closed ball O'ate 28.If the operator' fails to catch the oall 30, it will fall past cup 50upon the gre-.des 58 which converge to the mou'ih of the ball return 60,tae lattcr passing through board 18 and coinmunicating with ball guide30 above the fingcr 136 of ball gate 28 and below the fingcr 270 in thetrip chute G2. Ball 30 will therefore come to resf in contact withfinger 136.

It will thus be noted that, even if carriage 38 has not been returned toits normal position, there is no danger of ball 30 falling' .intoelevator 4:0, since it will be retained by gatc To forcstall thepossibilit-y of the ball passing into said elevator prematurely, as, ifa coin were depositcd after the ball has returned to seat against thegate 28, but before carriage 38 had been fully returned, safcty gate 300is provided and consists of a rod 302 slidably supported in the fixedbearings 304 and pressed by spring 300 to move normally ui'nvardly. Ashoulder 308 forined in the upper end of rod 302 provides a seat uponwhich the lower fiange 2111, on the finger 22, bears to force the roddownwardly cut of the way of carriage 38. TWhen earriaze 38 is inovedaway from the discharge end of ball guide 36, the shoulder end 308 ofsaid rod inoves into the opening at the communication of guide andelevator 40 to prevent the passage of ball 30, released from gatc 28thereafter, into the elevator 40. However, when carriage 38 returns toposition, the shoulder 308 will be pushed out of the way and the ball 30will drop into said carriage.

The operation of the device has been made clear in the foregoingdescription. Briefiy stated, however, a coin C after passing down coinguide 26, iinpacts prong 120 to release ball 00 at gate 28. The ballrolls down ball 30. and if'carriage 38 has moved the tr ;rate 300 out ofthe way, into said carfotation of hand wheel 42 will raise rriage 38with ball 30 so that said ball will roll to the recess in said panel,over the inclines :32, through the hazard 54 to be caught by the cup 5G,or to fall on the gradc :18 and be returned to contact with ball gate Ifcaught the ball is carried to fall down trip chute 62, and to trip thepawl 68 to permit a coin discharge past coin gate 66. Thereafter theball returns to contact the gate 28.

lt is to be understood that, if so desired, the coins or checlsdeposited in the coin receiving nie: is 2% may be delivered directly tocoin safe In such case, an article delivery runway may be provided bywhich articles to be delivered as rewards for success in the game may befed to the incline 64 and delivered by the gate 66 as previonslydescribed for coins.

Also, if rci'ard i.: nndts 'able, the shaft 284, hcrf' :';hown asconnected to pawl 6'8, may con. cctec to a reset totalizing register bymeans of Wii-,ich a score for each operation will be set np, in awell-known manner.v Whcnever the linp'er 270 is tripped.

It will thns bc scen 'that there is provided a device in which thfiseveral objects of this invention are achieved., and which is welladapted to meet 'the conditions of practical various po, `de embodimentsn t lie i of the above invention, and as ia Vions changes might be madein the cml'iodimcnt above set forth it is to bc understood that allmatter herein set forth or shown in the accompanyin drawn rs to heinterpreted as illnstrative and not in a limiting sense.

Havinzl thns described onr invention, wc claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent l. In a skill testing device, a chnte, manipulaive means for deliveringV a ball to the end of said Clintc., guides fordelivering said ball to the lower end of the chnte, a Carriare forstartingr the ball m glav, an enclosure for said carri'ig'econnnnnicatin' With the lower end of said Chnte, and a spring pressedslidrod preventinr the entrance of said ball from said ('linte into saidenclosure When said Carriape is at any position other than thelovvermost position thereof.

2. In a skill testing device of the Character' described. a ballelevator shaft open at one side and having' flanges thcreon, a carriageslidable on st iaft and having means en ;zaginoj and ;finden bv saidfiang'es, and manu- :illy operable mean" for raisinn' said carriarc.

3. machine e Character described` board pro 'fiiled With spacedopenings, means for ejoctino; :1 ball through one of said opcninc's tomove rclativc to said board, means for renderinp; tbi` path of said ballirren'nlar, mnnally operahie means connected to the ball ejectinp; meansand movable for catching and d irorting' the ball through another ofsaid opcninc's, a simportinfi chnte for articles. means for ;ruidinf theball to an initial nosi tion. a ball stop restraining said ball frommoving from said initial position, means for relcasingr the stop, andmeans normallv obsti'nctinif the (i. nte and controlled bv the divertedball for allowinfr a predcterniined (inantitj' of articles to fall from'the chn'te by g'ravity.

4. In a skill testing' device of the Character describcd, inConilyination a ball` and a ball rnnwajv Chnte. mannallv Controlledmeans foil Caiching and deji'ositingz said ball at the upper end ot'said chnte, means for depositinz the ball at the lower end of said chntcwhen said ball is not caught by said catching means, ejecfiingfmechanismoperably connected to the ball 'catching V`andv depos'iting means, andmeans between the upper and lower end of said-'ball ch1it'e.'anloperabie by 'the ball deposited-at ithe upper end of the cliute forreleasing articles deliverableby vgfravit-j'.

.Infafskill'te'sting device of the Character described, vin combination,'a panel. a ball e'aitching1means moumted ithereon, said panel having apassage for said ball, a chute for receiving said 'ball from said`passage, said panel having a lower opening for diverting the ball into'the nppe'r 'end of the 'chnte, a levsr having an end thereof insertedinto said chnte below vsaid p'assage and actn'able by said 'ball Whenfallingth-rongh said chute, and aistoip ,in the lowerend offsaidchutefor retaining the 7bacll 'in the chute.

In a skiflll testing :machine of the-Character descri'bed, a bal'l, aball slide, a -ba'll carriage for receivi'ng and elevating 'the ballland releasing sa'idielevat'ed balfh'means for'dire'cting said releasedba'll to sa'id slide, an inclined chute visible from: the front of thedevice vfor stored articles, aprong'ed wheel for stori'ng said articlesnormally obstructing the lower end of sa'i'd olrute, and means includingLan element normally engaging said Wheel 'and Controlled by 'thepassagelof the ball through said slide' for -releasing said wheel,Whercby the Weight of the articles in the chute Causes the wheel torotate and to release said articles from the chute one or more of theprongs of said wheel being adapted to cngage said Wheel eng'agingelement for stopping rotation of said Wheel.

7. In a device of the Character described, in combination, means forretaining a ball against movement, means for releasing said ball, acarriage for receiving said released ball, means for elevatingr saidcarriage and releasing said elevated ball, a slide, means for catchingsaid elevated and released ball and (lepositingv the same in said slide,and mannally operable means for simnltaneonslj'Y actuating saidelevating means and Operating said Catching and'depositing mechanism.

8. In a device of the Character' descrihcd, in combination With aweighted object, means for restraining movement of said object, meansfor releasing said object,V means for rcceiving and clevating saidreleased object and again releasing said elevated object, means forrendering the path of the object nncertain after being' elevated andreleased, and means coacting;l with said receiving and elevating meansfor catching and moving said object after said object has passed thrnsaid nncertain path.

9. In a device of the Character described, in combination With aWeighted object, means for restraining inovement of said object, meansfor releasing said object, means forI receiving and elevating saidreleased object,

means for releasing said elevated object, means fol` rendering the pathof the object uncertain after being elevated and released, and meanscoacting with said receiving and elevating means for catching and movingsaid object after said object has passed thru said uncertain path, meansfor storing articles deliverable by gravity, and means operable by saidmoved object to release said articles to permit the same to be deliveredby gravity.

10. In a skill testing device of the character described, incombination, a ball means for restraining movement of said ball, meansfor releasing the ball, manually operable means for receiving andelevating said released ball, means for releasing said elevated ball,means for rendering the path of said ball uncertain after being elevatedand released, means for catching the ball after the latter has passedthrough said uncertain path, said latter means being connected to themanually operable means for simultaneous op eration therewith, a wheel,means to prevent turning of said Wheel, and means operable by the caughtballs for releasing said last means to permit turning of said wheel.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

MARK WOLIN. NICHULAS F. RIBSAM.

